Transcribed by Arjan Houtman
Chords used:
Ab6 -
Abadd9/Eb -
Am - x02210
Bb - 113331
Bb/D - xx0331
Bb9 -
Bb11 -
Bbm6 -
Bbm9dim5 -
C - x32010
C7 - x32310
C7/G - 332310
C13b9/E -
Cm - x35353
Cm7/G - 335353
Cm11 -
D7b9/F# -
Dm - xx0231
Eb - x68886
Ebadd9/G -
Edim/G -
F - 133211
Fm - 133111
F#dim -
Gm7 - 353333
Gm7/F - xx3333
Cm
I've paid my_ dues,__________
Cm11 Cm
time af-ter time,______________
Cm11 Cm
I've done my___ sen-tence,
Cm11 Cm
but com-mit-ted no__ crime._________
Cm11 Eb
And bad mis- takes,
Abadd9/Eb Eb
I've made a few,____________
Abadd9/Eb Eb Bb/D
I've had my_ share of sand kicked in my_
Cm7/G F Bb
face, but I've come____ through.
(And I need to go
Bb11 Bbm9dim5 Bb9 C7
on and on and on and on.)
F Am
We__________ are the cham- pions my
Dm Bb C
friends,________ and
F Am
we'll_________ keep on figh- ting__ till the
Bb F#dim D7b9/F#
end.__________
Gm7 C7/G
We are the cham- pions,
Bbm6 C13b9/E Edim/G
We are the cham- pions,
F Ebadd9/G
no____ time for los- ers, 'cause
Ab6 Bb
we are the cham- pions
Cm11 Fm
of the world.___________________________
Gm7/F Fm
_______________________________
Gm7/F Fm
Gm7/F Cm
I've ta-ken my__ bows,
Cm11 Cm
and my__ cur-tain calls,_
Cm11 Cm
you brought me fame and for-tune and ev-'ry-thing
Cm11 Cm
that goes with it, I thank you all.
Cm11 Eb
But it's been no bed of ro- ses,________
Abadd9/Eb Eb
no plea-sure cruise,______
Abadd9/Eb Eb Bb/D
I con-si-der it a chal-lenge be-fore the whole hu-man
Cm7/G F Bb
race and I ain't gon-na lose.________
(And I need to go
Bb11 Bbm9dim5 Bb9 C7
We_____
on and on and on and on.)
F Am
__________________ are the cham- pions my
Dm Bb C
friends,_______ and
F Am
we'll____ keep on fight- ing____ till____
Bb F#dim D7b9/F#
__ the end.______
Gm7 C7/G
We are the cham- pions,
Bbm6 C13b9/E Edim/G
we are the cham- pions,
F Ebadd9/G
no___ time for los- ers, 'cause
Ab6 Bb
we are the cham- pions
Cm11 F
We________________ are the
(of the world.___________)
Am Dm
cham- pions__ my friends,______
Bb C F
and we'll_____ keep on
Am Bb
fight- ing___ til the end.____
F#dim D7b9/F# Gm7
Ah, we are the
(we are the
C7/G Bbm6
cham- pions, we are the
cham- pions, we are the
C13b9/E Edim/G F
cham- pions, no____ time for
cham- pions, ooh,__________________________
Ebadd9/G Ab6
lo- sers, 'cause we are the
_________ we are the
Bb Cm11
cham- pions.
cham- pions.)